To start things off in Southern California, Toyo Tires and Super Street put together a car meet and calendar launch at Boden AutoHaus in Costa Mesa, California. One of the biggest automotive events that was free for the masses in a long time. Check out some highlights from this event below:
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Tokyo Auto Salon is a world famous international auto show by Nippon Auto Parts Aftermarket Committee. It is held at Makuhari Messe convention in Chiba, Japan, where they display the latest and greatest in Japanese performance and dress-up display. We started the year off by attending this world famous event, and we were definitely more than impressed. It is quite similar to our famous auto trade event, SEMA, in Las Vegas, Nevada; however, just imagine seeing the awesome Japanese styling just consistently throughout the entire event.
One of about 11 halls filling up fast with media, attendees, and those involved in the Japanese automotive industry.
Over at Rush Motorsports we spotted a familiar face, Sara Choi.
Nissan GT-R R35 on Mikado Hayabusa wheels.
Rush Motorsports Nissan Skyline GT-R R33 on Mikado Hayabusa wheels.
Forgiato x Liberty Walk Audi R8.
Over at the Toyota Gazoo Racing booth you have school kids taking notes, and learning a thing or two about the history of Toyota Gazoo Racing.
Liberty Walk Mini Cooper R56.
Liberty Walk Audi R8.
Liberty Walk Nissan Fairlady Z S30.
Bunch of Liberty Walk merchandise everywhere.
The Subaru BRZ STi.
Liberty Walk Maserati.
WALD displaying the latest wheel and brake products.
Defi showing off the latest for the newest Mazda 2 Demio.
The latest from Vossen x Work.
This VW has a mixture of USDM and JDM styling.
The AIMGAIN ND Miata. One of the nicest ND builds of Tokyo Auto Salon.
Really love the rear end appearance of the whole AIMGAIN GT kit
The AIMGAIN X STANCENATION Toyota FRS. As you can see this version of the kit includes no rivets at all.
One of a few simulators around TAS.
326POWER suspension essentials.
Crazy 326POWER Toyota Prius.
Vertex was in the house. Quality steering wheels.
Kenda Nissan S15.
These two Nissan GT-R showcasing truly beautiful hand-crafted paint work.
The Kuhl Racing ND Miata.
Y33 Cima tucking ridiculously all around with butterfly doors.
Pandem Rocket Bunny E36 M3.
Microvans and K-cars were amazing. Something you definitely do not see in the US.
Probably our favorite build of Tokyo Auto Salon was this red Spirit Rei 180sx.
The fitment and everything was on point.
Garage RiseUP FD3S RX-7 bringing an update to the whole FD front end.
Car Modify Wonder; loved them all.
Greddy Rocket Bunny ND Miata. Another over fender build.
Got Aero?
BN SPORTS kitted Toyota 86.
COCKPIT TATEBAYASHI Nissan Skyline GT-R.
We highly recommend anyone that is able to head out to Japan to give Tokyo Auto Salon a look, because you surely will be impressed by nearly every car. And if you do, be sure to bring a long a good amount of money, because there are ridiculous deals on car parts for cheapy cheaps.
More photos in the gallery below.
Photos by @shaviw and @nguminh. Please check watermark to give credit to the correct photographer.
Just another day in Sydney, Australia. Jacob with the white Mitsubishi Evolution VIII on RSV Forged RS10D picked me up with his buddy to take some quick pictures, and just hang out.
It sure did feel a bit weird seeing everyone driving on the right hand side, and drive on the opposite side of the road.
These RSV Forged RS10D made me miss my old TMBs. Gotta love a good looking true directional wheel.
Simple equals clean.
BCHPLS, rim to fender fitment.
After hanging out and shooting pictures, a nice Australian pig decided to pull over and cite Jacob’s Evo for basically everything. I have heard the stories and first hand accounts of the Australian automotive regulations, and it really is the worst. You really just gotta pay to play to enjoy being an automotive enthusiast anywhere in the world.
Hope you enjoyed the photos.
Its the next day or so in Sydney, Australia, and the Built To Order guys started out our day by hitting up Cafe Roman for some bombass breakfast/brunch.
The menu.
Art x Food.
Hass x Carl.
The Mediterranean breakfast. Cumin spiced fried eggs, sujuk salsa, labneh, halloumi, eggplant, zaartar bread, olives, and with Lebanese bread.
Eggs Benedict. English muffin, wilted spinach, smoked salmon, poached eggs, and with hollandaise sauce.
The Roman breakfast. Eggs, sausage, beef rashes, sauteed mushrooms, roasted tomato, hash brown, and sourdough toast.
Posted up in front of Cafe Roman.
Tarik x Nitto x Carl.
After Cafe Roman, we spent the rest of the day light at the Sydney docks. Just hanging out and shooting some nice cars.
Jacob’s Evo was so photogenic in these settings.
Fitment shot on RSV Forged RS10D wheels.
I love me some directional wheels.
George x Nitto.
Matthew’s Toyota 86 on RSV Forged Retro Centre R1.
Group shot.
Diversity. What a spectrum of cars right there.
Jame’s S14 on AG wheels. He didn’t have much fun getting home later as you will see.
Astra Limousines & Wedding Cars Ferrari California T rolling on RSV Forged RS5Y wheels.
The hard top convertible adds a different look to it.
Mercedes-Benz CLS on RSV Forged RS10.
That’s about a 6.5 inch lip right there.
And around 5 inchs of lip in the front.
So due to minor technical difficulties from just moving to the spot you saw above, it had to be towed back home.
Headed back to the suburbs before the sunset, and went back into the city later that night for some night life. More posts on Australia coming.
Throwing it back to one of the most memorable events/trips to enjoy different automotive culture than what I am used to in Southern California. Also, took me awhile to edit through the pictures as I rarely do take pictures, however, I recently picked up a Sony A7II with the kit lens, and it has motivated me to shoot more pictures as well as video of course.
DAY ONE: We arrived in Helen, Georgia very early in the morning, and already got greeted by familiar faces, and a lot of different quality ones.
A lost SoCal tribesmen came to greet us as well.
Through my network over at Mazda Fitment, I recognized Nate’s Miata parked in a random parking lot. Definitely as lovely in person as on the internet.
The new finish on the OZ Turbos was a nice touch to the new vinyl wrap theme.
On this trip, I told Ryo he had to come out to an East Coast event before he went back to Japan. Definitely glad he took my word for it, cause he was blown away. Ryo you will be missed!
This VW stood out amongst the rest. Liked it a lot.
Alex Goldstein’s E92 M3 On BBS RS2 wheels. Got the pleasure of shooting this car, which you can see later on in this post.
Another Mazda that I recognize through my network at Mazda Fitment. Also, got to meet the owner, was pretty cool.
Absolute love the direction Chris has had with this car of recent. Always well done through nearly all the stages of this car.
The south has some amazingly smooth roads and awesome twists. Really wanted a proper car to take it on a nice spirited drive here.
Southern beauty. Found this random pond/lake. Definitely not the nature we are used to in Southern California.
This E46 M3 had an excellent blend of style with the Weds Kranze LXZs.
One of a decent number of Miatas at SOWO. This one on AME made Fatlace FZERO1.
Another euro that blended a different style to the mundane usual stuff you would see on a euro.
This is a husband and wife pair right here. Both into some rad vintage euros; the bug and the bus.
Something I am more used to seeing back home.
Loved the fender to lip of the wheel fitment. On point fife.
DAY TWO: We stayed at Chris’s cabin about a few miles out of Helen, and came back the next day to continue exploring Helen.
Behind that door was bad things.
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I have seen a few pictures of this in the past floating around from Southern Fresh. Finally get to meet Justin and his LS400.
Kyle’s 326power’d out GS300. Got to shoot both of these later on as well.
The Risky Devil yacht. AJ bought this down from Arizona to Chicago to Georgia.
Found an awesome spot to shoot the cars. Here is Alex’s E92 M3.
Loving the southern back drop. A nice different scenery that we are usually used to in SoCal.
Horse friends.
Kyle’s GS300 enjoying that southern air.
It’s Fun To Do Bad Things.
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Love the rear end of this one with all those lines and details. Kyle just needs to insert the tips ;]
Justin’s LS400. Custom wide body.
Love the aggressive boss presence this has.
Those fender cuts. Love it.
Got to enjoy another East Coast trip with Ryan and his WRX. This time around the car has changed quite a lot since then.
Always a pleasure to enjoy Ryan’s southern hospitality.
DAY THREE: On the last day in Helen we were back in town seeing what was left. Still a good number of cars and quality stuff laying around. This Miata was on point with the BBS RFs.
The iconic Walking Dead location. Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta, Georgia from the sky.
And back home to SoCal we went. Definitely loved this trip and event. The vibe and feel is different than H2Oi, and is definitely an experience I will continue to try to repeat.
H2Oi…You have probably heard of this event that takes places at the end of September in Ocean City, Maryland. If you haven’t heard of it by now, then you are missing out on the biggest automotive gathering on the East Coast. This year some of our friends and I decided to go finally check it out, and experience what H2Oi is all about.
The moment we landed in Ocean City it was worth it already. Nothing but the best the East Coast has to offer, especially in the Euro realm.
Once we were on Coastal Highway aka the strip, there was nothing but modified car after modified car. It was almost as if you were living in a city, where auto enthusiasts out numbered regular people.
There was a good variety of everything cruising up and down the strip throughout the weekend.
One of the craziest things was the amount of police activity. People were getting towed left and right because Ocean City police believed their cars to be unsafe to drive. So, they impounded an enormous amount of cars, but all those cars were towed right back out and back onto the streets. Like this tC from New York.
Then once night hit we witnessed the beautiful chaos. There were even more cars on the strip, and this time doing burnouts for days up and down the strip. And the amount of people watching on the sidewalks was utterly crazy. It was really something you had to be there to experience.
The amount of people during the day was nothing to the amount of people that came out at night.
And then any random area you go, you would see a cool car.
This IS300 with some Rocketbunny front fenders and universal rear flares.
Group of Subarus out in a quite remote area of Ocean City.
More coastal parking lot spottings.
Group shot of some of the new and old friends at the Mazda Fitment x Wrong Fitment Crew meet up.
Hawk-eye STi on Enkei RS05RR.
There sure were a lot of Subarus everywhere.
More of the variety you would see at H2Oi.
FD RX-7 on VIP Modular VX610.
Another car on a set of VIP Modular VX610.
Slant lips have been making their rounds onto more cars recently.
This civic showing love all the way from Quebec, Canada. Thanks!
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John’s Orange 350z on Weds Kranze LXZ.
Chris and Ryan hard styling to friendship.
The trip to H2Oi for the first time was definitely something you will not forget, and have major withdrawals. I would recommend everyone to take the chance to experience it for themselves, because any pictures or videos you see online just do not live up to the first hand account.
-@ShaviW
-@TuckerScharf
Recently we spent some time in downtown Los Angeles to take pictures and video of Neel’s Lexus LS400 before he moves away to start his new life journey in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Neel and his big body beauty.
The simple and clean things on this LS400 go a long way.
Neel has been through a few shoes already, but this time around is on a set of Advan Racing RS wheels.
Sitting pretty on Universal Air Suspension air bags on BC Racing coilovers all around with Airlift V2 digital management.
The big body beauty side profile; gotta love it.
The Airlift V2 digital controller.
Location number two and three coming soon. Look out for another photo set.
Photo set by Rocky Wong (@rockytwong)
It’s crazy to think that the last time I was at Autocon was 3 years ago. Time flies by fast, one day you’re complaining about car shows the next day you’re helping host one. It has really changed my perspective of car shows and now I fully understand the stress and headaches of running a car show. I apologize for what I’ve said back in 2011 about this show. I was young, dumb and a wreckless keyboard warrior. Even though apologies are way too late now, I hope this picture of a sad chocolate Labrador will make up for it.
The morning started like every other car show, early as fuck roll in. The process for check in was pretty quick and we got set up within 20 minutes of checking in.
Hundreds of cars were pouring in through this gate. I hate commenting on about cars because all I can really say is what kind of car it is and what wheels it has. So, I’ll just comment here and there if I really have something interesting to say.. which is never.
I want this diffuser bad.
So many Lambos at the 88 Rotors booth. That whole section was money.
Mismatched wheels? You’re totally going to lose some style points when the judges come around.
Aired up and still a lot of camber. VIP cars from Royal Flush.
Man what I would do for a set of any of these wheels… The things I would do..
Johnne keeping his Infinite wheels clean.
Johnne’s E60.
Infinite Wheel Werks.
These Volk ZE40s are on point.
Ryan Gold’s EVO X now on some Enkei RS05RR and a nice wrap.
Lexus Prius?
Instantly became my favorite MR2 because of the deep dish Work Equips.
Marcus Cooke’s supremely clean G35 now on Air Lift. Height looks the same to me when it was static, but a mm of clearance makes all the difference to the driver.
Car show people are serious. If only they kept their homes as clean as their cars. Am I right ladies?
I believe this is a Mini Cooper truck? This thing rocks.
Mr. OC Food and Drink Specialist, Mr. Armand Pranadi.
Man this 370z is so cool. I only saw it during the roll in and it kinda just disappeared from there.
I don’t know why, but I really dig this photo.
A line up of quality builds.
How many years of being a hooker will get me this car?
This guy is taking all the compact cars/Euro awards this year.
What I love best about swinging by Todd’s xB.
What I love about a group of guys taking photos of models. They’re never in unison when looking at the same camera.
Tianna Gregory…
Toyo Tire girls.
People were very impressed with the JDM Chemicals products. Check them out here..www. jdmchemicals.com
Reppin’
Vinh showing Infinite Werks the Glaco Mirror Water Repellent. This stuff works.
Seeing if they got any good up skirt photos.
Anh said he was planning out his next Disneyland meal.
Super cross faded Chris.
As always more photos in the gallery.
-NGU ASS
The Friday night staging for the show area for Formula Drift Long Beach.
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